Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A friend of mine is moving to a new place where he won't doing any haunting for Halloween (no not prison, his brothers), so he knew how much we love anything Halloween and donated all of his goodies to us. He said he knew that we would do something cool with all of it, and I told him he could come visit his ex-stuff anytime he wanted. Free stuff is awesome! I got a second fog machine, two uncut Michaels pumpkins, and some crazy head on a stake! Free!Big thanks to Captain Mark!

Remove from heat and quickly add the peanut butter, marshmallow creme, vanilla, and nuts if desired.

Beat by hand until peanut butter and marshmallow are melted and blended well.

Pour into a buttered 13x6x2 inch pan.

Cool in refrigerator until completely cooled and firm (2 to 4 hours)

Tips - You can score the fudge into the desried sizes while still warm in the pan.You can lay buttered parchment paper across the bottom and up both long sides of the pan to help remove the whole piece of fudge in order to cut it on a cutting board.

Remove from heat and quickly add the chocolate chips, marshmallow creme, vanilla, and nuts if desired.

Beat by hand until chocolate and marshmallow are melted and blended well.

Pour into a buttered 13x6x2 inch pan.

Cool in refrigerator until completely cooled and firm (2 to 4 hours)

Tips - You can score the fudge into the desried sizes while still warm in the pan.You can lay buttered parchment paper across the bottom and up both long sides of the pan to help remove the whole piece of fudge in order to cut it on a cutting board.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Generously butter a cookie sheet. Cook first 4 ingredients in heavy saucepan, stirring constantly over medium high heat until hard crack stage on a candy thermometer (300° F). Pour cooked mixture into buttered sheet pan. Place Hershey bar on top of toffee while it is still hot. Smooth chocolate out with a spoon when melted. Cool about 30-60 minutes. Turn out of pan and break into pieces like you would with peanut brittle.

(Optional) If desired, you could add nuts either to the cookie sheet before pouring the toffee, or the nuts could be added on top of the melted chocolate like Almond Roca.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Sorry Tony Todd, I didn't mean you. Don't look so sad somebody will hire you sooner or later. What I meant to say, is that its that wonderful time of year when the Captain and his wife make abnormally large amounts of sugary candies to share with our friends and family. Stay tuned for recipes to follow.

"The fudge, I can assure you, will be exquisite. As for our candy, there is nothing to fear. Our names will be written on a thousand walls. Our recipes told and retold by our faithful believers. We shall cook together in front of their very eyes and give them something to be haunted by. Cook with me and be immortal."

Santa's checking his list, and George Van Orsdel's Monster Spookshow Radio is on the naughty list. So all you Boils and Ghouls had better get over there and download the 2009 "Cryptmas" installment of the Monster Spookshow Radio program, and please leave George a comment so he knows we're out here listening or I'll tell Santa Claus you've converted to the Jehovah's Witness. I'll do it, so don't test me.

About Me

The Captain is an avid horror movie fan, a Halloween super-freak, a dark artist, a dreamer of dreams, a film lover, a pop culture nerd, a music lover, a candy maker, a traveler, a foodie, a writer, a teacher, a paper mache’r, and of course The El Capitano!